Hate to see this happen to anyone. KD is such a rare talent and so much fun to watch even when rooting against him. I feel for the guy, he was getting heat from fans and some media for not being out there for his team. He pushed it and now look. I expect he'll pick up his option for next year with GSW and hopefully recover in time to showcase himself in the playoffs next year to cash in on FA.

Such a shame, hope he gets back to 100%, but it's such a difficult injury to overcome.

That was an awful decision by both KD and the organization to green light him playing. It was not worth it even if they come back and win. This dude already has his rings go catch that money now...damn shame.

Not necessarily. I had a full rupture and it barely hurt. I could walk as long as I didn't try to move my foot at all. The first couple steps where I tried to push up the ball of my foot, yeah that hurt a lot. But I was fine sort of peg-legging it to my friend's car and from the car into the ER.

That being said, I have seen stories of people for whom it was incredibly painful, so likely I was just a lucky fluke.

Not necessarily. I had a full rupture and it barely hurt. I could walk as long as I didn't try to move my foot at all. The first couple steps where I tried to push up the ball of my foot, yeah that hurt a lot. But I was fine sort of peg-legging it to my friend's car and from the car into the ER.

That being said, I have seen stories of people for whom it was incredibly painful, so likely I was just a lucky fluke.

I don't see the injury putting a stop to KD. He'll want to end on his own terms and will.

I do think this injury was more life threatening to the Warriors. They've had a rough fucking week between that hillbilly investor who shoved Lowry and now whatever went on behind them pushing a broken KD back on the floor. Just like that, this could be the end of a team that dominated the league these past years.

I'm no doctor, but I've had this injury before. When your calf is compromised, you're putting a lot more stress on your achilles due to compensatory strength from other muscles kicking in. At that point, you're forcing your other muscles to withstand stresses from movements that they're not used to.

That's not always the case. What matters is how much muscle you have in relation to how strong and developed your tendons are. If you have too much muscle (usually only applicable to steroid users as the drug stimulates incredible muscle growth), the connective tissues such as tendons won't have the time to develop and get stronger because they're typically less metabolically active than muscles.

Is it possible for a player to insist they be put in a game and the dr./team stand back? Or vice versa? As someone who knows nothing about basketball, does the team/dr./player all have to be on the same page?

People getting immediately injured after coming off an injury doesn't "just happen"... He was brought back too soon. Something like that gauging when he should comeback from an injury shouldn't be his decision.

People getting immediately injured after coming off an injury doesn't "just happen"... He was brought back too soon. Something like that gauging when he should comeback from an injury shouldn't be his decision.

Yeah, this stuff is a bit silly. KD is an adult, and he's got adults surrounding him who are all capable of making decisions. If he was misled or didn't have all the info that would be one thing, but there's no indication that's the case.

for the Lakers sake, KD needs to take that player option and sit out all of next season to recover. doing this will prevent Klay from being offered a max contract. GSW will be left without KD or Klay next year.

for the Lakers sake, KD needs to take that player option and sit out all of next season to recover. doing this will prevent Klay from being offered a max contract. GSW will be left without KD or Klay next year.

He can easily play next season even if fully torn. Recent players who have had that injury have come back within 7-9 months (Cousins is the exception and he was putting up good stats after returning). 7-9 months puts him at January to March.

The Warriors fucked up by having him play. Clearly he wasn't ready and they forced the issue. Of course KD wanted to play, but as an organization you have to protect your players from their bullheadedness.

Looks like he'll be out 9-12 months based on the history of other guys with the same injury (assuming it's torn). His best bet is to pick up his $31.5M option with GSW and hope to be back in time for a playoff run. That would allow him to showcase himself against playoff teams before hitting FA in 2020

Looks like he'll be out 9-12 months based on the history of other guys with the same injury (assuming it's torn). His best bet is to pick up his $31.5M option with GSW and hope to be back in time for a playoff run. That would allow him to showcase himself against playoff teams before hitting FA in 2020

Recent history shows that the 9 month recovery time is actually slightly longer than the average recovery time. Cousins was the recent outlier. Others have come back between 7-9 months. It may be a worse injury long term than an ACL, but the recovery has been shown to be quicker.

Recent history shows that the 9 month recovery time is actually slightly longer than the average recovery time. Cousins was the recent outlier. Others have come back between 7-9 months. It may be a worse injury long term than an ACL, but the recovery has been shown to be quicker.

He's a grown man, but he's not a doctor, he should never have been cleared to play. I have no doubt that there was pressure on him coming from within the org to suit up, a player like KD can pull you out from a 3-1 hole by himself.

Is it possible for a player to insist they be put in a game and the dr./team stand back? Or vice versa? As someone who knows nothing about basketball, does the team/dr./player all have to be on the same page?

I think a more recent example of that was with Isaiah Thomas a few years back when he was still with the Celtics. He got injured but he was also playing in a contract year so he opted to play through the remainder of the series and put off his surgery.

Is it possible for a player to insist they be put in a game and the dr./team stand back? Or vice versa? As someone who knows nothing about basketball, does the team/dr./player all have to be on the same page?